Quetiapine and weight gain

[fluffydressinggown]

I am currently on risperidone and have managed to lose 21lbs with Weight Watchers. I need to change anti-psychotic and quetiapine has been mentioned but I want to continue to lose weight.

I was quetiapine before and did put weight on but I was also an inpatient in hospital and not eating very healthily anyway.

How have people found their weight whilst taking quetiapine? Has anyone managed to lose any weight on it?

Thanks :)

I lost over a stone on quetiapine (on clozapine now, and I've put it back on and more).

That sounds hopeful snowy

I hope the clozapine is helping and the weight gain with it has not affected you too much.

I've put on three stone on quitipine. Currently reducing the dose to wean myself off mainly due to weight gain. Am struggling with reducing it as the withdrawal is awful.

Sorry probably not what you want to hear..

I didn't really gain anything on quetiapine. I was on 800mg.

My weight has gone up while on quetiapine, but it may be the other medication I take or something else. Find it difficult to lose by dieting. Cutting down fats is ok but not sugars. Even so my weight seems to go up not down. You did so well to lose 21 lbs fluffy.